Overwatch League Schedule and New Mobile App Revealed, Tickets Go on Sale Tomorrow

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The community can finally start marking its calendars for the highly anticipated Overwatch League, which begins its inaugural season on January 10.

While hosting a panel at BizzCon 2017, commissioner Nate Nanzer noted that the finalized scheduled has been designed to cater the international audience and not just a specific region for maximum engagement.

The Overwatch League will host its competitive matches from Thursday to Sunday every week, during which each of the twelve participating teams will get to play twice. Each team will play forty games in total during the first season, twenty of which will be within their own divisions, and the remaining twenty in cross-overs. The season will feature four stages, each spanning five weeks and ending in a title match.

Most interestingly, all the teams will be grouped into two divisions that follow the time zones for the home sides. The “Atlantic Division” includes Boston Uprising, Florida Mayhem, Houston Outlaws, London Spitfire, New York Excelsior, and Philadelphia Fusion. The “Pacific Division” features Dallas Fuel, Los Angeles Gladiators, Los Angeles Valiant, San Francisco Shock, Seoul Dynasty, and Shanghai Dragons.

In addition to salaries, the players have an attractive prize pool to play for. Here is how Blizzard will be splitting the pot between the participating teams.

Stage title match bonuses

First place: $100,000

Second place: $25,000

Regular season placement bonuses

First place: $300,000

Second place: $200,000

Third and fourth place: $150,000

Fifth and sixth place: $100,000

Seventh and eighth place: $75,000

Ninth and 10th place: $50,000

11th and 12th place: $25,000

Championship playoffs placement bonuses

World Champion: $1 million

Runner-up: $400,000

Third and fourth place: $100,000

Fifth and sixth place: $50,000

Total: $1.7 million

All the scheduling information for the Overwatch League can be accessed at any time from the official website and an upcoming mobile application. Tickets for the pre-season next month will go on sale tomorrow, and relating merchandise will become available from December 6. Tickets for the first season will go on sale somewhere within the same month as well.